r/nostalgia:

u/JoeNoble1973

Salt side down, only.
u/whydoIhurtmore

Back in 1975 I was three. I had picked up a book of matches before going outside to play. Lived on a short street that had an empty lot at the far end. I met up with my friend Birdie Guy. I was teaching him to light matches. The dry grass caught fire quickly. The fire department came, and I had to apologize.
u/whydoIhurtmore

Damn right
u/whydoIhurtmore

I was happy at the time because I was already too old for that.
u/whydoIhurtmore

It’s something unpredictable
u/whydoIhurtmore

I don’t know. I’ve wondered a couple times.
u/whydoIhurtmore

Nah, I skipped it.
u/whydoIhurtmore

I never had one. I always worked.
u/whydoIhurtmore

I thought they were fancy.
u/whydoIhurtmore

It was my first. It was a clunker. But it was mine. I bought it myself, and I could get off the farm and to the nearby town. I was able to get a job that wasn’t farm labor.